Each curling team has four members. Team members take turns sliding round 'stones' towards a target called a 'house' from the starting point called the 'hack'. The aim is to get the stone as near to the centre of the house as possible.
As soon as the stone has been sent sliding down the rink, two of the curler's team mates use brooms to sweep the ice ahead of the stone to make it slide faster and straighter. The broom is also used by a curler to clean all frost and ice off the stone before it is sent down the ice.
The leader of the team is called the 'skip' and he or she tells the other players where to aim the stone as well as when and where to sweep.
The curling stone is 30 centimetres in
circumference and weighs about 20 kilograms. It slides on a rim
at the bottom of the stone.
Curling became an Olympic event for men only in 1998.
Curling began in Scotland more than 400
years ago. It is now played both outdoors and on indoor rinks
in many countries around the world.
Go here to read more about the sport http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Curling/
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Thomas, Ron & Sydenham, Shirley. Curling [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au (2006)
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